Engineers Forced Into Informal Technical Translation Role
Skilled engineers routinely spend significant time translating complex technical details for non-technical stakeholders, product managers, and executives. This informal translation burden falls disproportionately on senior engineers without recognition or tooling support. The time cost reduces deep work capacity and creates bottlenecks when that person is unavailable.
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